Shantaram.
by ROBERTS, Gregory David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Synopsis
Gregory David Roberts penned Shantaram as a mostly autobiographical novel. Shantaram is the name given to the main character, Mr. Lindsay Ford, also known as Linbaba. Ford is a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped and made his way to Mumbai, planning on leaving for Germany, but ends up staying and setting up a free health clinic in the slums, staying for over 10 years.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172341
- Title
- Shantaram.
- Author
- ROBERTS, Gregory David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne: Scribe Publications,
- Date Published
- 2003
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